Visits to Monasteries in the Levant

INTERIOR OF THE ABYSSINIAN LIBRARY, IN THE MONASTERY OF SOURIANI ON THE NATRON LAKES.
INTERIOR OF THE ABYSSINIAN LIBRARY, IN THE MONASTERY OF SOURIANI ON THE NATRON LAKES.

Abyssinian monk clothed in leather.

The dining table.

The blind abbot leaning over the Author.

Abyssinian monk.

Coptic monk.

The books hanging from wooden pegs let into the wall.

The Author's Egyptian servants.

Plan of the church, the convent of the Pulley.
Plan of the church, the convent of the Pulley.

1.	Altar.	6.	Two three-quarter columns.
2.	Apsis, apparently cut out of the rock.	7.	Eight columns.
3.	Two Corinthian columns.	8.	Dark room cut out of the rock (there is another corresponding to it under the steps).
4.	Wooden partitions of lattice-work, about 10 ft. high.	9.	Steps leading down into the church.
5.	Steps leading up to the sanctuary.	10.	Screen before the Altar.

Plan of the church of the The Holy Sepulchre. Plan of the church of the The Holy Sepulchre.

The Holy maltese cross Sepulchre.
1.	Entrance to the Church.	15.	Where Mary Magdalene stood.
2.	The Stone of Unction.	16.	Where our Lord appeared to Mary Magdalene.
3.	Where our Saviour was nailed to the Cross.	17.	The Pillar of Flagellation.
4.	Mount Calvary triple cross	18.	Rooms of the Latin Convent.
5.	Chapel of the Sacrifice of Isaac.	19.	Chapel of the Maronites.
6.	Chapel of the Altar of Melchisedec.	20.	Chapel of the Georgians.
7.	Stairs up to Mount Calvary.	21.	Sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea.
8.	Stairs down to the Chapel of St. Helena.	22.	Chapel of the Copts.
9.	Stairs down to the Chapel of the Invention of the Cross.	23.	Chapel of the Jacobites.
10.	Place where the three Crosses were discovered.	24.	Chapel of the Abyssinians, over which is the Chapel of the Armenians.
11.	Chapel of the Division of the Garments.	25.	The spot where the Blessed Virgin and St. John stood during the Crucifixion.
12.	Prison of our Lord.	26.	Steps before the entrance of the Holy Sepulchre.
13.	Greek Choir, in it center of the world, the center of the world; on each side are the Stalls for the Monks.	27.	Ante-room to the Holy Sepulchre. In the center is the stone where the Angel sat; on either side the two windows from whence the Holy Fire is delivered to the multitude.
14.	Latin Choir.	28.	The Iconostasis, or Screen before the Greek Altar, which, as in English Churches, is called the Holy Table—ικονοsτασις.

From a Drawing made on the spot by Viscount Eastnor.

VIEW OF THE GREAT MONASTERY OF METEORA, FROM THE MONASTERY OF BARLAAM, WITH THE RIVER PENEUS IN THE DISTANCE.

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